The wild, winner-take-all game amounted to the best by a starting pitcher for the franchise dating to 1968
, proved to be more than a single playoff victory by leaps and big-time bounds. It was a win-or-hit-the-beach matchup … in a three-game series played entirely in New York … against the 101-win Mets with uber-arms Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom.Instead, a hometown kid from El Cajon and Grossmont High School delivered the most important and impacting start from a pitcher in Padres’ history. It provided the rocket fuel for a run that reached the NLCS.
“To have all that pressure, that gives you that next-level energy superstars take it to. That’s what he did that day.” “In history? Or San Diego?” said catcher Austin Nola, who caught the game without knowing the record-setting significance of his battery mate. “Wow. The curveball, I remember vividly as being the best one I’ve seen ever from him. What a perfect time to do it.That type of performance surely was born out of calm confidence in the days leading up to the game, right?“Just nervous as ,” Musgrove recalled. “Excitement, fear, nerves, adrenaline.
“Before the start, I sent Joe a text he had sent me earlier in the year. I think it says so much about him, the way he thinks, the way he approaches things. ‘Everyone would love to go out and throw 7 scoreless and have great mechanics. But you rarely get all of those stars aligning. What’s real is going out there, not knowing which version of yourself is going to show up and to compete and win with THAT GUY.’ ”“Every time he takes the mound, he’s just an animal out there,” Machado explained.
“How he dealt with it was huge. It’s the difference between having a feel-good season and one that ends really hard. It put us in a good position with a lot of confidence going into that Dodgers series. Gave us more confidence going in after playing all three games New York in a tough environment.Pitcher Joe Musgrove has his glove checked by umpires in the sixth inning of NL Wild Card Series Game 3 on Oct. 9 in N.Y. Musgrove earned the win as the Padres advanced to the NLDS.
“That just lit another fire. I was so dialed in. That just kicked me into another gear. Everyone’s screaming cheater at me. It felt good to shove it up their .”Truth is, Musgrove said he knew the game was won before it began. It started with sharpening his pregame focus. The confidence was sealed, in his mind, as he warmed up on the field.“I told Nola going in, ‘I’m going to pitch the game of my life,’ ” Musgrove said. “I felt overly confident at that point.
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